Nightingale Award winner Rebecca Avers with Stacy McDougall, McLaren Macomb director of cardiovascular services
MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich.—Rebecca Avers, RN, BSN, clinical manager of cardiology and chest pain coordinator at McLaren Macomb’s Mat Gaberty Heart Center, has won the Emerging Leader award for the 2019 Nightingale Awards for Nursing Excellence. An 18-year veteran of McLaren Macomb, Avers was awarded the prestigious nursing award for her commitment to championing creative strategies and management, enabling efficient operations, generating enthusiasm and fostering team work.
Says Avers, “I am truly honored to be nominated by our Cardiology team, receiving a Nightingale Award is an amazing recognition from the nursing profession. Thank you to everyone that has supported my nursing career at McLaren Macomb in all of my roles, and especially those that welcomed me back to the cath lab a year and a half ago as clinical manager.”
Now in its 31st year and sponsored by the Oakland University School of Nursing, the Nightingale Awards for Nursing Excellence, through nominations by their superiors, colleagues and physicians, recognize outstanding nurses and their achievements in the profession.
“Rebecca is dedicated to the nursing profession and a respected member of the McLaren Macomb nursing leadership team,” said Stacy McDougall, director of cardiovascular services at McLaren Macomb. “She is deserving of the 2019 Nightingale Emerging Leader Award because of her passion for clinical excellence.”
In her role, Avers has successfully opened new cardiovascular service programs, improved quality metrics and created a culture that places the patient and our employees at the center of all they do.
To learn more about the services offered at McLaren Macomb, visit mclaren.org/macomb.
About McLaren Macomb:
In January 2012, Mount Clemens Regional Medical Center became McLaren Macomb.
McLaren Macomb is a 288-bed acute care hospital located in Mount Clemens, Mich. More than 400 physicians and nearly 2,000 employees work at McLaren Macomb making it one of Macomb County’s top employers. McLaren Macomb provides a full range of services, including cancer and cardiovascular care. As Macomb County’s first verified trauma center, the hospital operates the busiest emergency department in Macomb County and is also an accredited chest pain center. McLaren Macomb has a rich history of providing high quality, compassionate health care and holds a strong position in the community it serves. To learn more, visit mclaren.org/macomb or follow our blog mclaren.org/macombblog.
About McLaren Health Care
McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is a fully integrated health network committed to quality, evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 14 hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 490-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 620,000 lives in Michigan and Indiana, home health and hospice providers, retail medical equipment showrooms, pharmacy services, and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, one of only 49 National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers in the U.S. McLaren has 26,000 employees and more than 85,500 network providers. Its operations are housed in more than 350 facilities serving Michigan and Indiana.